Do you have something to say? Spread the word with these Matte Postcards. They work in all inkjet printers and are formatted to meet U.S. postal regulations. Eye-catching engagement announcements, business ads, coupons and invitations are yours for the creating. Just use free templates from avery.com to combine color, graphics and text into a unique design. Then print, apply the required postage and let the postal service do the rest. Your recipients will receive professional-looking postcards worth talking about.

Convenient do-it-yourself cards mean that you can make changes and print new postcards at a moment's notice

I purchased 8386 Postcards to make mailable postcards containing my photographs. I was somewhat disappointed by the relatively thin stock. It is not nearly as thick as a preprinted postcard. I would have...Read complete review

I purchased 8386 Postcards to make mailable postcards containing my photographs. I was somewhat disappointed by the relatively thin stock. It is not nearly as thick as a preprinted postcard. I would have liked stock at least twice as thick.

I'm not clear why other reviewers complained they could not print to the edge. I assumed Avery meant "print to the edge of the post card". In this respect the product performed well. There are only two 4 x 6 in cards per sheet so there is extra paper around each card. By making an image slightly (1/16 - 1/8in) larger than 4 x 6, you can position the image so it covers the entire 4 x 6 surface with a small amount of over flow. Once you separate the cards, you get "Print-to-Edge". Since many inkjet printers cannot print to the edge of a piece of paper (many have a 1/4 - 1/2 in limit), this is the best way to get edge-to-edge coverage. The only issue is that this product does not use Avery's Clean Edge technology used on some of their business cards so edges on separated cards could be better.

I printed the back of the postcard (the address side) using Word and the Word template. This template worked well and gave good alignment (although this side required less accuracy). I printed the front of the postcard (the image side) with Photoshop. Probably because of some oddities related to printing from Photoshop, the Photoshop template did not align well. I allowed 1/16 in. overlap on each side. It took some work to get the relatively precise alignment needed for the image.

One issue for a photographer regarding this product is that Avery does not provide an ICC profile for this paper (or any other I can find) so getting good color take a little work. With a little trial and error I was able to get pretty good results.

If this product was twice as thick and used Clean Edge it would be great.

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Print-to-the-Edge Postcards for Inkjet Printers

I am an avid Avery product user but this Print-to-the-Edge Postcard really got under my skin. I tried al that I could think of to get my project printed correctly with this product and...Read complete review

I am an avid Avery product user but this Print-to-the-Edge Postcard really got under my skin. I tried al that I could think of to get my project printed correctly with this product and it didn't work! I feel like I just threw my money. I will try to use them in a different way but print-to-the-edge won't work with this product.

I love these postcards at work. This time of year we send out employee notes and invitations to family parties. Avery Postcards cut down on prep and delivery. I love the ease of Design and Print Online to get the information 'pretty' and the postcards for one step delivery. Thank you Avery!

The overall product is very good. The quality of the paper and final results are very good however I always seem to have difficulty working with Avery Templates. I especially have difficulty in downloading the template and having it do what I want. Don't know if it's the template or me or the programs I am using. I usually figure something out on my own to create the design I want on the Avery product I am using.

I bought item 8386 so I could send out post cards as a reunion invite. Well.. we got the 100 cards printed with no problem at all.. The problem was that the size Avery stated them to be 4"x6" , but the postal service said they were bigger. We were not able to send them as post card pricing but had to use Standard Letter size postage. Just a warning to those buying this item.. make sure you re-measure the cards along with taking a tape measure to post office to make sure of the sizing. Not sure if it was Avery or the post office sizing template that is incorrect.